1 68 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



Had the woman pulled to one side 

 in the first place, and waited until her 

 follower had given her horse a lead, 

 which would probably have induced 

 him to jump, both would have been 

 in the next field much sooner than her 

 impatience in the first instance eventu- 

 ally permitted. 



A horse should not be ridden be- 

 hind one that is likely to refuse, 

 or he may be inclined to imitate 

 the misdoings of his predecessor. 



In the same way, it is injudicious to 

 take a horse to a place where others 

 are refusing, either from their own or 

 their riders' timidity. He is liable to 

 be infected with their faint -hearted- 

 ness; for it needs an unusually sensible, 

 reliable horse to be the first to jump 

 out from a crowd at a place that has 

 stopped those in front of him. 



It is far better for a woman to 



